you raise some very interesting points there Mr. Nemo.
I suppose on the question of reality I am often asking myself a question such as - what would a planet with two suns look like ?
On the subject of Bryce
i picked up bryce 5.5 on a free offer it was a good deal
i am at the stage of knowing about 1% of bryce's capabilities (it is complex)
Haze can be controlled by- sky lab-athmosphere-colour spectrum and also by render options.
Bryce is powerful because there are so many variables that can be changed. But this can make it very awkward to actually use. I suppose to get a earth realistic image one would have to start feeding into it scientific values for particular weather conditions(i might have a try at that)
Bryce has some very interesting uses for curvy users.
object mask, distance mask and altitude mask can be used to create some superb images for curvy inflate and for paint programs.
it can also be used for creating textures(via terrain export)
sometimes useful for converting models(import model to bryce,select object,click edit object,press control d, choose format and save) (not obvious ?)
the bryce smooth object feature is useful
yes i modeled the statue
![Image](http://homepages.tesco.net/sculptor/edetail.jpg)
detail with more earth-like atmosphere parameters
![Image](http://homepages.tesco.net/sculptor/bmask.jpg)
alpha exported to paint program for body mask(demonstrate)
![Image](http://homepages.tesco.net/sculptor/detcurv.jpg)
depth mapped to curvy just for the sheer fun of it